{"product_id":"helen-of-troy-and-other-poems-hardcover","title":"Helen of Troy and Other Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen of Troy and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1911) is a poetry collection by Sara Teasdale. The poet's second collection, published several years before she was awarded the 1918 Pulitzer Prize, is a masterful collection of lyric poems meditating on life, romance, and the natural world. Somber and celebratory, symbolic and grounded in experience, \u003ci\u003eHelen of Troy and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e revels in the mystery of existence itself. \"Wild flight on flight against the fading dawn \/ The flames' red wings soar upward duskily. \/ This is the funeral pyre and Troy is dead \/ That sparkled so the day I saw it first, \/ And darkened slowly after. I am she \/ Who loves all beauty-yet I wither it.\" As Troy burns, Teasdale imagines an impassioned monologue given from the ramparts by the infamous Helen, whose faithlessness in marriage was the catalyst for war in Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e. Although she is often seen as a minor character, more an object of male desire than an autonomous subject in her own right, Teasdale refuses to follow the template passed down by generations of poets-mostly men. Her Helen is meditative and intelligent, capable of immense sorrow and full-throated rage alike: \"Men's lives shall waste with longing after me, \/ For I shall be the sum of their desire, \/ The whole of beauty, never seen again.\" While acknowledging her role in Troy's destruction, Helen is a tragic figure in Teasdale's poem, a woman who never asked for beauty, let alone for the troubles that beauty brought down on the world. Containing monologue poems from such figures as Sappho, Beatrice, and Guenevere, alongside a series of love poems and finely-crafted sonnets, \u003ci\u003eHelen of Troy and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant collection by a gifted American poet. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Sara Teasdale's \u003ci\u003eHelen of Troy and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of American poetry reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wild flight on flight against the fading dawn \/ The flames' red wings soar upward duskily. \/ This is the funeral pyre and Troy is dead...\" Voicing the thoughts of Helen, a woman blamed throughout history for the violence of men, Teasdale explores her guilt and legendary beauty. \u003ci\u003eHelen of Troy and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetry collection by Sara Teasdale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610430103596,"sku":"9781513135168","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/helen-of-troy-and-other-poems-hardcover","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}